Abstract Games

LYNGK is the synthesis of the first six games of the GIPF project. It is played with 48 pieces in six colors. At the beginning of the game, all colors are neutral and do not belong to any player. During the game, both players must choose two colors. The goal is to create stacks of five pieces of different colors, with their top color being their own. The player who cleverly strategizes, plans...

DVONN is played on a elongated hexagonal board with 23 white, 23 black, and 3 red DVONN pieces. At the beginning, the board is empty. Players place pieces on empty spaces of the board without restrictions. First, DVONN pieces are placed, then their own pieces. Then they start stacking pieces on top of each other. A single piece can be moved 1 space in any direction, a stack of two pieces can be...

PÜNCT, a game released as part of the GIPF project, is a connecting game.The goal is to connect two opposite sides of the game board. The player's move consists of either introducing a new piece into the game or moving a piece that is already on the board.

TZAAR is a game about making choices. Both players have 30 pieces, divided in three types: 6 Tzaars, 9 Tzarras and 15 Totts. The three types of pieces form a trinity: They cannot exist without each other. The aim is either to make the opponent run out of one of the three types of pieces or to put him in a position in which he cannot capture any more. The tricky question the players will...

GIPF is a strategic game for two players based on a classic concept: In turns, players introduce one piece into play until achieving four-in a-row. Players then remove their row and capture any of their opponent's pieces which extend that row. This principle of capturing pieces creates completely changed situations on the board. The purpose is to form successive rows of at least four...

YINSH je abstraktní hra ze série projektu GIPF, která si získala mezi hráči největší oblibu. hraje se na šestiúhelníkové hrací desce a každý z hráčů disponuje pěti kroužky. Při každem tahu tak pohne kroužkem a položí svůj kámen. Kdykoliv dojde k situaci, že kroužek přeskočí kámen či řadu kamenů. ta se celá přebarví na jeho barvu. Když se podaří udělat řadu pěti kamenů své barvy, hráč odstraní...